Wood processors running out of logs

Wood processors running out of logs
Gavin Evans
Wood processors are counting on a speedy return to harvesting next week so plants started up last week don’t run out of feedstock.Red Stag Timber, the country’s largest processor, resumed processing last week using logs felled before the national covid-19 lockdown. That timber is destined for pallets and other packaging products deemed ‘essential’ for food processors and other exporters.Chief executive Marty Verry said the new log supplies wouldn’t arrive “a moment too soon” given the mill’s curre...

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